National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association Division I

National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association
Division I
(NCRHA Division I)
Current season, competition or edition: 2012–13 NCRHA season

Sport	Inline hockey
Founded	August 1, 2003
Inaugural season	2003–04
Director	Brennan Edwards
No. of teams	39
Country	United States
Headquarters	Torrance, California, United States
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	Bethel Wildcats (1st title)
Most titles	Lindenwood Lions (7 titles)
Official website	NCRHA.com

Division I (DI) is the highest level of competition of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (NCRHA). The primary teams of all four–year universities and colleges are eligible to participate in Division I. The national championship is awarded to the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships Division I champion at the end of each season.

Game

Main article: Inline hockey

Each National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association game is played between two teams and is 36 minutes long. The game is composed of three 12–periods with an intermission of one–minute between periods. At the end of the 36–minute regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If at the end of regulation time, both teams are tied with the same number of goals, the game shall be declared a tie and both teams shall receive credit for a tie, however in the MCRHL there is overtime. If still tied at the end of OT, the game will proceed to a Shootout.

Ties do not occur during tournament format (such as regional and national championship tournaments) where a winner must be declared to advance to the next round of play. In these cases, sudden-death 12–minute four-on-four periods are played until one team scores. The first team to score a goal in the overtime period shall be declared the winner and advance to the next round.

Inline hockey rink

Main article: Inline hockey rink

National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association games are played on a rectangular inline hockey rink with rounded corners surrounded by walls and Plexiglas. As nearly as possible, it measures 80 by 180 feet (24.38 by 54.86 meters) in the NCRHA, with the minimum size of 65 by 145 feet (19.81 by 44.20 meters) and a maximum of 100 by 200 feet (30.48 by 60.96 meters). The center line divides the rink in half, which divides floor into two attacking zones. Near the end of both ends of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the floor, which is used to judge goals.

Teams

The National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association Division I originated in 2003 with the creation of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association and currently consists of 39 teams. The Lindenwood Lions are the most successful club with seven national championships (six as an NCRHA club, one as a CRHL club). The next most successful club is the Michigan State Spartans with two national championships, but both were while they were a CRHL club and have not won since 2000. The longest streak of winning the national championship in consecutive years is five held by the Lindenwood Lions from 2003–04 to 2007–08.

The current league organization divides the teams into seven member organizations: the Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association, Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League, Midwest Collegiate Roller Hockey League, Rocky Mountain Collegiate Roller Hockey Association, Southeastern Collegiate Roller Hockey League, Southwest Collegiate Hockey League and Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League. The current organization has roots in the 2005–06 season when the Atlantic Collegiate Roller Hockey Association and the Southeastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association merged to form the Southeastern Collegiate Roller Hockey League.

List of teams

Member Organization	School	Team Name	Location	Founded	Joined	Head Coach
ECRHA	Hofstra University	Hofstra Pride	Hempstead, New York	2002	2007	Jim Tamburino
	Neumann University	Neumann Knights	Aston, Pennsylvania	2002	2010	Lee Strofe
	Pennsylvania State University	Penn State Nittany Lions	University Park, Pennsylvania	1999	2003	Matt Kirkwood
	Rowan University	Rowan Profs	Glassboro, New Jersey	2008	2010	John Jones
	State University of New York at Brockport	West Chester Golden Eagles	Brockport, New York	2001	2010
	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook Seawolves	Stony Brook, New York	2005	2007	Tom Fargardo
	Temple University	Temple Owls	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2004	2010	Charles Sgrillo
	Towson University	Towson Tigers	Towson, Maryland	2002	2003	Trevor Nau
	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	Buffalo Wings	Buffalo, New York	2001	2003	Eric Werner
	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Panthers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1999	2012	Barry Bohn
	University of Rhode Island	Rhode Island Rams	Kingston, Rhode Island	2001	2003	Cory Allard Dan Leonard
	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	West Chester Golden Rams	West Chester, Pennsylvania	2000	2010	Jon Chieffo
GPCIHL	Lindenwood University	Lindenwood Lions	St. Charles, Missouri	2000	2003	Ron Beilsten
	Missouri State University	Missouri State Bears	Springfield, Missouri	2001	2010	Sean Fudge
	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Illinois Fighting Illini	Champaign, Illinois	1999	2011	Anthony Tsai
	University of Missouri–St. Louis	UMSL Tritons	St. Louis, Missouri	2002	2007	Andy Meade
MCRHL	Central Michigan University	Central Michigan Chippewas	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	2007	2012	Dan Dougherty
	Eastern Michigan University	Eastern Michigan Eagles	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1999	2003	Adam Golchuk
	Grand Valley State University	Grand Valley State Lakers	Allendale, Michigan	2005	2010	Ryan Gendron
	Michigan State University	Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan	1999	2003
	Ohio State University	Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	1999	2003	Jeff Nolan
	University of Michigan	Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1999	2003	John Schultz
RMCRHA	Colorado State University	Colorado State Rams	Fort Collins, Colorado	1999	2003
RMCRHA	Metropolitan State University of Denver	Metro State Roadrunners	Denver, Colorado	2006	2010	Andrew Smith
SECRHL	Bethel University	Bethel Wildcats	McKenzie, Tennessee	2010	2011	Matt Swinea
	Coastal Carolina University	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Conway, South Carolina	2010	2011
	East Carolina University	East Carolina Pirates	Greenville, North Carolina	2002	2011
	Florida Gulf Coast University	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Fort Myers, Florida	2010	2011	Alex Griffith
	George Mason University	George Mason Patriots	Fairfax, Virginia	2008	2010	James Kennedy
	University of Central Florida	Central Florida Knights	Orlando, Florida	1999	2003	Toby Karn
SCHL	Sam Houston State University	Sam Houston State Bearkats	Huntsville, Texas	2003	2008	Keith Phillips
	Texas Tech University	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Lubbock, Texas	1999	2010
	University of North Texas	North Texas	Denton, Texas	1999	2003	John Niewinski
	University of Texas at Austin	Texas Longhorns	Austin, Texas	1999	2003
WCRHL	Arizona State University	Arizona State Sun Devils	Tempe, Arizona	2003	2007	Nick Boyarsky
	California Polytechnic State University	Cal Poly Mustangs	San Luis Obispo	1999	2003	Bart Long
	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach State 49ers	Long Beach, California	2003	2007	Kevin Doyle
	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	UNLV Rebels	Paradise, Nevada	2004	2006	Curt Weiman
	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	Santa Barbara, California	1999	2003

Trophies and awards

**Total national championships**
Championships while under the CRHL are included.
Team	Titles
Lindenwood Lions	7
Michigan State Spartans	2
Bethel Wildcats	1
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	1
Long Beach State 49ers	1
RIT Tigers	1
UMSL Tritons	1

The National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association presents a number of trophies each year. The national championship is awarded to the league champion at the end of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships. The team that wins the regional championship tournament in each member organization is crowned regional champion. The NCRHA also awards Most Valuable Player, Most Valuable Goaltender and Playmaker awards during the NCRHC.